Advanced Practice Providers

Welcome to the Cleveland Clinic APP IBD Immersion Training initiative! This program will provide intensive IBD education exposure to community GI APPs who care for IBD patients in large community practices. This will be accomplished by an intensive didactic curriculum structured based on the advanced IBD EPAs, clinic exposures in multi-disciplinary IBD and subspecialty clinics at Cleveland Clinic, and participation in the Cleveland Clinic run MILESTONE-APP program. Clinical rotation exposures will reinforce the didactic education content as well as guide APPs in how to implement a structured approach to their clinical practice through disease activity assessments, monitoring, and a treat to target approach. Clinical templates and tools such as appeals letters will be shared. Elements of the curriculum include:
  • Outpatient care of patients with IBD including classification of disease, therapy selection, prescribing and monitoring of advanced therapies, treat to target, health maintenance and management of disease and therapy complications
  • Inpatient care of patients with IBD
  • Exposure to IBD endoscopy and surgery
  • Interdisciplinary management of IBD patients with colorectal surgery, radiology, nutrition, psychosocial care, dermatology, rheumatology
  • Care of the IBD patient with ileal-pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA)
  • Extra-intestinal manifestations
  • IBD medical home
  • Core educational reading materials
Important Dates:
  • Application Deadline: May 22, 2026
  • Session 1 Onsite Program: Sept 15-17, 2026
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Carrie Bristor via email at bristoc2@ccf.org. We look forward to beginning our journey together!

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* 1. PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF:

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* 2. Please indicate your years of experience in IBD.

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* 3. What is the name of your practice?

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* 4. What is the name and email address of your Program Director?

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* 5. What is the practice type?

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* 6. Where is the practice located (city, state)

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* 7. Do you perform inpatient or outpatient within your practice? (select all that apply)

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* 8. What percentage of IBD patients do you see in your practice per month?

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* 9. Please indicate your comfort level with complex IBD patients.

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* 10. Please rank the following observation areas in terms of your preference (1=most interested; 10=least interested).

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* 11. Please attach your current CV.

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* 12. Have you previously participated in MILESTONE APP? If no, please click here.

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* 13. Please attach the signed APP IBD Immersion Training Letter of Commitment form.

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